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Chancellor Philip Hammond said that reaching a Brexit deal on financial services was his “most immediate priority”
Hammond said that the UK had an “opportunity to seek a bespoke partnership in financial services that will enable the ongoing delivery of cross-border financial services in both directions.”
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Wales and Northern Ireland are getting their own financial technology envoys as part of a government effort to ensure that the UK maintains its position, post-Brexit, as Europe's top fintech dog.
The new fintech envoy for Wales will be Richard Theo, co-founder and CEO of Wealthify,

UK Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to tout the strengths of the country's financial technology sector as he visits two regional hubs — despite the threat Brexit poses to the industry.
Hammond will travel to Halifax and Edinburgh on Thursday where he will meet representatives from

The British government has announced a plan to establish a cryptocurrency ‘task force’ that will include Her Majesty’s Treasury, The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority.
As a part of the UK government’s broader Fintech Sector Strategy, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond

The UK government has launched what it calls the Fintech Sector Strategy, a programme announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond that includes a new cryptoassets task force, advances in regtech and a UK-Australia start up support programme, among others.
“I am committed to helping the sector grow

Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected this week to unveil two large scale projects to boost Britain’s fintech sector, with blockchain technology and international cooperation high on the agenda.
Hammond will launch a new fintech strategy at an international conference on Thursday.
The strategy includes plans for a

Banks and insurers lined up to back the British government’s demand that a future trade deal with the European Union must include financial services, putting them on a collision course with Brussels.
Faced with the world’s biggest financial centre being cut off from a core market

The UK is ready to set out its vision for how it wants financial services to operate after Brexit and favours an ambitious “mutual recognition” of regulations to preserve the City of London’s access to the EU.
Under Britain’s proposal, the UK and the EU would

The City of London’s policy chief has raised concerns that the EU “isn’t signalling receptive messages” on financial services, but has suggested the EU’s unity may deteriorate as negotiations progress.
Michel Barnier has drawn criticism from the UK for saying that financial services could not be

Philip Hammond will today begin a Brexit charm offensive across Europe amid concerns that France is deliberately stalling negotiations in a bid to take business from the City.
The Chancellor appears to have been sidelined from a series of major Brexit interventions by Cabinet ministers over